Anne Rice leaving Christianity - Atheist Nexus2016-12-10T03:55:54Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/anne-rice-leaving-christianity?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A1889200&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHa! that's not quibbling, tha…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-21:2182797:Comment:18951572012-03-21T03:30:47.960ZRichard ∑waldhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RichardEwald
<p>Ha! that's not quibbling, that's just deception (self or otherwise).</p>
<p>Ha! that's not quibbling, that's just deception (self or otherwise).</p> I think you are close,there-r…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-20:2182797:Comment:18943142012-03-20T15:25:01.236ZMark Schwabhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/MarkSchwab
<p>I think you are close,there-remember, Christians (at least of the Evangelical persuasion) don't consider themselves "religious" at all.Talk about semantics...so it wouldn't surprise me to hear someone announce they are leaving "Christianity", but that they still believe in the "Christ" part, just not the "ianity" part. -and if you feel yourself being pulled down that rabbit hole along with Alice, you are not alone...</p>
<p>I think you are close,there-remember, Christians (at least of the Evangelical persuasion) don't consider themselves "religious" at all.Talk about semantics...so it wouldn't surprise me to hear someone announce they are leaving "Christianity", but that they still believe in the "Christ" part, just not the "ianity" part. -and if you feel yourself being pulled down that rabbit hole along with Alice, you are not alone...</p> I just got back here-'started…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-20:2182797:Comment:18943552012-03-20T14:58:20.662ZMark Schwabhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/MarkSchwab
<p>I just got back here-'started laughing when i read that-thanks!</p>
<p>I just got back here-'started laughing when i read that-thanks!</p> "Semantics. Nothing more."…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-19:2182797:Comment:18921332012-03-19T17:09:25.505ZRichard ∑waldhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RichardEwald
<blockquote><p>"Semantics. Nothing more."</p>
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<p>Do you mean, "quibbling semantics" in regards to what Christianity/Christian mean?</p>
<blockquote><p>"Semantics. Nothing more."</p>
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<p>Do you mean, "quibbling semantics" in regards to what Christianity/Christian mean?</p> Semantics. Nothing more. She'…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-19:2182797:Comment:18920432012-03-19T16:40:36.221ZTapes On Cassettehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/tapesoncassette
<p>Semantics. Nothing more. She's an artist. By default that makes her wishy washy.</p>
<p>Semantics. Nothing more. She's an artist. By default that makes her wishy washy.</p> "She sounds and looks like a…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-19:2182797:Comment:18919332012-03-19T06:46:41.217ZRichard ∑waldhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RichardEwald
<blockquote><p>"She sounds and looks like a lady who has abandonment issues; she seeks a world in which she is not alone."</p>
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<p>She's cut herself off from all the communities (atheist and theist alike) she's been a part of though, …ironic, no?</p>
<blockquote><p>"She sounds and looks like a lady who has abandonment issues; she seeks a world in which she is not alone."</p>
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<p>She's cut herself off from all the communities (atheist and theist alike) she's been a part of though, …ironic, no?</p> She sounds and looks like a l…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-18:2182797:Comment:18907092012-03-18T06:27:00.486ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>She sounds and looks like a lady who has abandonment issues; she seeks a world in which she is not alone. </p>
<p>I wonder if one looks through a telescope and perceives the vast space and time and fources that keeps moons, planets, stars and galaxies moving in patterns or as chaos? I wonder if she looks through a microscope and sees all the elements that join together by natural forces to make the vast diversity of life. Putting together the images of very large and very small could be…</p>
<p>She sounds and looks like a lady who has abandonment issues; she seeks a world in which she is not alone. </p>
<p>I wonder if one looks through a telescope and perceives the vast space and time and fources that keeps moons, planets, stars and galaxies moving in patterns or as chaos? I wonder if she looks through a microscope and sees all the elements that join together by natural forces to make the vast diversity of life. Putting together the images of very large and very small could be perceived by her or those who perceive god, whatever that is, as necessary for everything to work, not realizing that it is in the exploding star that cooks elements into forms that are reformed into other things, including humans and rabbits and everything else. Being one human being is not insignificant! it is full of wonder and needs no god to make all this happen. </p> ""Certainly I will never go b…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-18:2182797:Comment:18906752012-03-18T04:14:14.338ZRichard ∑waldhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RichardEwald
<blockquote><p>""Certainly I will never go back to being that atheist <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and that pessimist that I was</span>. I live now in a world that I feel God created, and I feel I live in a world where God witnesses everything that happens… " ~ Anne Rice; Feb. 27, 2012, NPR</p>
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<p>Pessimist? Anne, …it's obvious you were doing it wrong.</p>
<blockquote><p>""Certainly I will never go back to being that atheist <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and that pessimist that I was</span>. I live now in a world that I feel God created, and I feel I live in a world where God witnesses everything that happens… " ~ Anne Rice; Feb. 27, 2012, NPR</p>
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<p>Pessimist? Anne, …it's obvious you were doing it wrong.</p> "No way to know which one."…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-17:2182797:Comment:18896322012-03-17T02:41:51.150ZRichard ∑waldhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RichardEwald
<blockquote><p>"No way to know which one."</p>
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<p>Curses!</p>
<p>Foiled by Pascal's Folly again!!</p>
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<blockquote><p>"No way to know which one."</p>
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<p>Curses!</p>
<p>Foiled by Pascal's Folly again!!</p>
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<p></p> OK. I never argue with a man…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-03-17:2182797:Comment:18897382012-03-17T02:27:29.419ZDaniel Wachenheimhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Daniel57
<p>OK. I never argue with a man of faith.</p>
<p>OK. I never argue with a man of faith.</p>